Siraj Choudhury
Council: Crawley
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
71 meetings · Page 1 of 15
Planning Committee - Tuesday, 14th October, 2025 7.30 pm
19 attendees, 6 documents, 1 media files
Decisions from Meetings
190 decisions · Page 10 of 38
Minor Operational Amendment to the Housing Allocation Scheme: Band A+ Applicants
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Applicants are awarded a banding on the housing register that reflects their level of housing need. Band A+ is for emergency and very urgent priority cases (such as threat to an applicant's life, or where there is an immediate need to move on medical or exceptional grounds). It was established as a mechanism to give overall priority to those on the housing register in the most urgent housing need. Banding category A+4 was created to prioritise and move homeless households on the housing register from banding A owed the main duty residing in nightly paid/hostel temporary accommodation for 12 months or more out of temporary accommodation. At the time it was introduced, the number of households in temporary accommodation was significantly lower, therefore it was far less common for a household to remain in those types of TA for more than 12 months and very few cases were placed into this category. Banding category A+7 was introduced as a prevention tool to prevent households at significant risk of homelessness from needing to be placed into temporary accommodation. It is available where a household (owed a homeless duty and in priority need) on the housing register in banding A (for having received a section 21 notice for no fault of their own) then receives a court order to leave their current accommodation. Increased homelessness demand has resulted in an increased volume of applicants in Band A+. An alternative method of achieving the same pace of throughput is being introduced.
Recommendations Approved
Temporary Accommodation Acquisitions Programme as per Resolution (b) of report SHAPS/090: property reference SHAPS/090/FW10
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
The decision relates to the acquisition of a property SHAPS/090/FW10 comprising 10 new-build apartments. This acquisition for SHAPS/090/FW10 is made under the agreement by Cabinet on 24th July 2024 in respect to report SHAPS/090, to permit the acquisition of properties from the market for use as temporary accommodation in Crawley Borough Council ownership. Resolution (b) in that report delegates the negotiation, approval and completion of all relevant documentation, including legal paperwork, to the Head of Strategic Housing, the Head of Governance, People and Performance, and the Head of Corporate Finance, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Housing.
For Determination
Naming of Flats at Phase 2 Steers Lane
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Approval is sought for the naming of blocks of flats 1-4 at Steers Lane phase 2
For Determination
Allocation of Sites for the Unsupervised Play Investment Programme
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Decision to allocate the sites to go forward as part of the unsupervised play investment programme for 2025/26 onwards.
For Determination
Award of Contract: Clinical Waste
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
To award 3-year contract commencing 1 April 2025 with option to extend for a further 3 years. The Service Provider is required to provide the services set out in the terms and conditions of the Collection and Support Services Specification of the WSCC Clinical Waste Services Framework Agreement for the Council. The provider will be responsible for the efficient collection of the Clinical and Offensive Waste from customers on behalf of Crawley Borough Council. Approximate number of collections and customers are detailed below: 1. Annual number of collections - 8800 2. Total number of customers - 1900 3. Total number of sharps only customers - 1700 4. Total number bagged waste customers – 200
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 71
Average per Month: 3.2
Decisions Recorded: 190